"Hallo!" said Ben, "here's a horse."
"So it is," said Sam. "It's rather odd that he should be tied here."
"I wonder whose it is?"
Sam had been examining him carefully, and had recognized him.
"It's Mr. Porter's Bill. Don't you see that white spot? That's the way I know him. I have harnessed that horse fifty times."
"But how did he come here? That's the question?"
"I'll tell you," said Sam. "I was at the hotel this morning, and heard that that boy Tony was to go over to Thornton with him."
"That don't explain why he is tied here, does it?"
"Tony must have tied him while he was taking a tramp in the woods. Wouldn't Porter be mad if he knew it?"
"I shouldn't wonder if Tony would get bounced."